How to remove transmission cover
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How to remove transmission cover
What is involved in removing the transmission cover with the clutch cable running through it.
I don't have a service maunual, but I am a very mechanically minded person. Just never took it off.
Any advice would be great. Im planning on removing it for powder coating.
I don't have a service maunual, but I am a very mechanically minded person. Just never took it off.
Any advice would be great. Im planning on removing it for powder coating.
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Nothing to it, but you'll need a big-*** pair of snap-ring pliers to put it back together...
All you'll really need part-wise is a new gasket and O-ring for the clutch cable.
You do have a service manual, ..right?
Last edited by jam436; Jun 15, 2013 at 05:30 PM.
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It can't be emphasized enough how easy it is to strip out the threads where the clutch cable screws into the cover. I replaced my clutch cable with a longer one when I did PYO bars on my street glide, and stripped them out - spent an hour or so chasing down a tap and die set to fix the threads..
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4sWOeT3xRk
Nothing to it, but you'll need a big-*** pair of snap-ring pliers to put it back together...
All you'll really need part-wise is a new gasket and O-ring for the clutch cable.
You do have a service manual, ..right?
Nothing to it, but you'll need a big-*** pair of snap-ring pliers to put it back together...
All you'll really need part-wise is a new gasket and O-ring for the clutch cable.
You do have a service manual, ..right?
I would take that as a no
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Take pictures after you take the cover off and before you touch anything. I put everything back EXACTLY the way it was. Plenty of guys on here have changed their clutch cables and ended up with problems. Oh and get a service manual before you start.
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Thanks for that video. I cant believe I didn't do a quick youtube search first.
I wont be spending money on a service manual for that job. That definitely looks like a pretty simple task.
I wont be spending money on a service manual for that job. That definitely looks like a pretty simple task.
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one thing that vid didn't show.. make sure you break the cable loose BEFORE you take the cover bolts out. with the cover still bolted up you can break the cable loose with no problem and the cover will spin right off the cable after unbolting it and removing the "guts"..
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